Polio patient in an iron lung to help them breathe. Everett Collection/Shutterstock If you have been following the media coverage of the new vaccines in development for COVID-19, it will be clear that the stakes are high. Very few vaccine trials in history have attracted so much attention, perhaps sinceContinue Reading
The Istanbul Convention is a Council of Europe treaty designed to prevent violence against women Screenshot from Anit Sayac home page. A website called Anit Sayac (Turkish for “monument tracker”) indicates the number “276” on its home page at the time of writing this story. It represents the number ofContinue Reading
The exhibit ‘redefines an ideologically charged word’ in a post-pandemic world The “Global South.” It’s a loaded, highly political term often used to define regions of the world in opposition to each other. More than 90 young artists from Gabon, Mozambique, the UK, the USA, along with refugees, asylum-seekers, andContinue Reading
Students have returned to UK universities, and the timing couldn’t be worse. Some in the medical community have argued that the key to safe reopening is to do so at a time when community transmission is minimal. With coronavirus infections currently doubling every week and the government introducing new measuresContinue Reading
KKR vs MI IPL Score: Rohit Sharma has grabbed a fifty in the ongoing match against Kolkata Knight Riders© BCCI/IPL Mumbai Indians (MI) have lost three wickets, but are going strong towards a good target against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), in their ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 match, at theContinue Reading
Most people who responded to an online survey by The Stand News fear ‘loss of free speech’ Image from the Stand News. Used with permission. The following story was originally published on The Stand News in Chinese. It was translated to English by Global Voices and it will be publishedContinue Reading
Comfortable shoes with a curved tip make it easier to move, but weaken foot muscles. lzf/ Shutterstock Evolution dictates that the human body adapts to cope with stresses present in the environment. The removal of stress from our environment means we cease to use that adaption. This is why yourContinue Reading
‘We think we may have reached 100,000.’ A massive protest in Bangkok, Thailand held on September 19, 2020. Photo by @Darikulica / EngageMedia, a content partner of Global Voices September 19 drew a massive crowd in Bangkok during a protest that called for the dissolution of the Thailand parliament andContinue Reading
Sporting events and initiatives could help strengthen ties between the Gulf states and Israel. EFKS/Shutterstock Back in 2016, I was excited for the Bahrain Women’s National team to compete in the Aphrodite Cup, an international football tournament held in Cyprus. Bahrain’s team, of which I was in charge, had previouslyContinue Reading
Belgian playmaker Kevin De Bruyne scored or set up 33 goals in the English Premier League.© AFP Bayern Munich duo Robert Lewandowski and Manuel Neuer have been nominated alongside Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne for the UEFA Men’s Player of the Year prize for last season, European football’s governing bodyContinue Reading
